The Black Blade
A verified Blizzard quest record. Use the archive brief, rewards, and linked research to finish it without losing your place.
Who gives The Black Blade
1 recordThe NPC, object, or item that starts this quest, with the first known coordinate when available.
- Xal'atath, Blade of the Black EmpireObject #316443Crucible of Storms
Where to turn it in
1 recordThe NPC or object that accepts the completed quest. Phasing and alternate-faction versions can produce more than one endpoint.
- Lady Sylvanas WindrunnerNPC #134711Orgrimmar · 48.4, 71.4
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What To Do
Complete the quest objective shown in your tracker, then return to the turn-in NPC.
Quest Text
<The blade that was known as Xal'atath rests on the ground before you. Though the consciousness that resided within the dagger is gone, it still resonates with power. Almost as if the weapon speaks with another voice. Another purpose.... You feel a compulsion to bring this artifact to the warchief.>
Plan the run before you travel
Check the quest area, faction, and level range before you travel. If this quest is part of a chain, finish nearby campaign quests in the same zone first.
Check the exact quest giver and turn-in records above first. Use this page's community comments for phase changes, cave entrances, spawn timing, and corrections from the live game.
No group size is listed by Blizzard, so this is usually soloable unless the objective text says otherwise.
Pin the quest in-game, enable objective outlines, then use the exact-title references in the archive for NPC or object coordinates. Add a correction below if the live game differs from this record.
Objectives and map pin
Blizzard's public API publishes a quest's text and rewards but not its objectives, its own level, whether it can be shared, or any map coordinate. Nobody has synced quest 54683 yet, so there is nothing to show here rather than a guess. Running the WowGodSync addon while you play contributes those fields for everyone.
Check it in game
Quest completion is stored per character on Blizzard's side and is not in the public API, so paste this in your chat box and it prints true or false for “The Black Blade” on the character you are logged into.
/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(54683))/run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompletedOnAccount(54683))A false also comes back for a quest id the client does not know, so it means “not recorded as complete” rather than proof the quest exists on your account.
Build The Black Blade together
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Rewards
- Experience
- 6,800
- Money
- 23g 40s
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